The 20 Local Government Areas in Ogun state have received a total of N3,398,399,625.97 from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee for December.
The allocation included shares of statutory allocation, Value Added Tax and exchange gain.
The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Afolabi Afuape, disclosed this on Wednesday at the December Joint Allocation Account Committee meeting held at Oba’s Complex, Abeokuta.
Afuape said the ingenuity of the local government chairmen and the support from the state government would go a long way in providing necessary infrastructures for people at the grassroots.
He said, “The present administration’s intention to be accountable to the people has informed the consistent JAAC meeting.
“The meeting involves all stakeholders (Nigeria Union of Teachers, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee, local government pensioners and traditional council, among others in the state.”.
Speaking on behalf of other chairmen, the Executive Chairman, Ikenne Local Government, Olusegun Ogunleye, said the state government should accelerate action on the harmonisation process for them to have improved internally generated revenue.
Earlier in his presentation, the Accountant-General and Permanent Secretary, Michael Idowu, said the sum of N4,013,729,562.22 represented the first line charges for the month, including primary school teachers’ salaries, local government staffs’ salaries and pensions, and other charges.
